hégira
Portuguese, noun/ˈɛ.ʒi.ɾɐ/
hégira is spelled H-É-G-I-R-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written Portuguese, the 159,424th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hégira is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “emigration, an exodus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does hégira mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineemigration, an exodus
- 2
femininealternative letter-case form of Hégira (emigration of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of hégira
- hégiras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hégira?
- Brazil /ˈɛ.ʒi.ɾɐ/
- Portugal /ˈɛ.ʒi.ɾɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hégira
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hégira in Portuguese?
hégira appears about once in every 30 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).